Venokado  @ Santa Monica Place in Santa Monica CA, 90401 This weekend I went to Santa Monica Place and I was thrilled to discover this great Store. Venokado is the ideal please to go if you have someone whom you would like to buy a last minute gift and you had no idea what you want to get. They have Different bottles of Wine...

First Annual Valentine’s Day YWCA Charity Fashion Show/Fundraiser The purpose of this great event was to help At Risk Young Girls. The way they were generating funds was by an entrance fee as well as hors devours, cocktails and handmade chocolates.     Check out the website     http://www.smywca.org  for more details. As you know I am all for good causes to help those in...

 Tabbouleh with a Twist: Raw Cauliflower Tabbouleh When I lived in Boston, MA I had been invited by a Lebanese Family for Dinner, hence I had the pleasure of eating Lebanese Tabbouleh.  Much of what you will see and eat as Tabbouleh in this country has little resemblance to the original or Lebanese Tabbouleh.  Of course there is nothing better than a controversy as...

One of my favorite Chardonnay’s is produced by Chalone Vineyards in Monterey County, CA. I f you are looking for a crisp, steely chardonnay, try their 2010 Estate Grown Chardonnay by Chalone. Talk to the Wine maker Robert Cook and he will agree with me, that this wine is fantastic. He attributes the wine being so exceptional is due the cool temperatures in 2010...

Santa Monica,CA is the home of the Museum of Flying!  Come and visit this great Museum! The Museum of Flying has a very interesting and colorful history. It has been affected just like us by the Trials and Tribulations of the Economy. Good news is just as the economy is improving so is the Museum. The Museum was originally founded in 1974 by Donald...